AVATUNNEL at Symbioticon 2022

How can creating a personal avatar be turned into an interactive experience? How can visitors build a personal bond with an event?

The AVATUNNEL – a product that is unique worldwide

Symbioticon is the innovation event of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. Having started as a classic hackathon, it has developed continuously over six years. In keynotes and masterclasses, visitors gain insights into current innovation topics in banking and Web 3.0. An interactive event area holds a wide variety of exhibits and experiences. The organisers' requirements were clear from the outset: only the very newest of the new is exhibited at Symbioticon. So it made sense to develop a completely new product and launch it at the event. The AVATUNNEL combines the creation of your own avatar, a glimpse into the metaverse and an unmistakable memento of the event. And it does so in four simple steps: Step 1: Photo The visitor enters the tunnel. A portrait photo is taken automatically. Software uses this photo as the basis for creating an avatar – a virtual likeness of the visitor. Step 2: Personalisation The visitor leaves the tunnel. A large touchscreen is mounted on the left-hand outside wall, where the personal avatar now appears. It can be customised at will: from face shape through hairstyle and hair colour to clothing. Step 3: Metaverse experience On the right-hand outside wall there is a TV screen and several virtual reality headsets. The visitor puts on one of the VR headsets and steers their personal avatar through a "metaverse application". They learn how to operate the VR headset and experience what the application can do at first hand. Step 4: Personalised sticker Meanwhile a portrait photo of the personal avatar is printed as a sticker. The visitor can attach the sticker to a designated spot on their lanyard and so receives a very personal memento of the event.